Andréa Burns

Andréa Burns is an American actress and singer best known for her portrayal of the hairdresser Daniela in Lin-Manuel Miranda's musical In the Heights, as Carmen in Douglas Carter Beane's The Nance, and as Mrs. Spamboni in The Electric Company.
Early life
Burns was born in Miami Beach, Florida to a Jewish father and a Venezuelan mother. She has described herself as "a Venezuelan Jewess from Miami who grew up loving Broadway." She spent many summers training at the French Woods Festival of the Performing Arts and is a graduate of Miami's New World School of the Arts.
Career
Burns began her career touring the opera houses of Europe as Maria in West Side Story when she was 18 years old. She has appeared on Broadway as Belle in Disney’s Beauty and the Beast, as Vicki Nichols in The Full Monty, as Carmen in The Nance, as Daniela in In the Heights, and as Googie Gomez in The Ritz, and she has sung concerts at Carnegie Hall. Burns appeared in the original company of Jason Robert Brown’s critically acclaimed Songs for a New World. Burns portrayed Lucille Frank in the national tour of Brown's Parade, for which she received a Touring Broadway Awards nomination for Best Actress. She was also created the role of Celeste in Saturday Night, by Stephen Sondheim, at Second Stage Theatre.
Her début solo album A Deeper Shade of Red was described by Playbill as "superb on all counts!" In 2006, "100 Stories", a single she co-wrote with her brother, music producer Mike Burns, rose to the No. 2 spot on the 2006 Billboard Hot Dance Club Play charts.
Television credits include Marvel Comics's Jessica Jones, Kevin Can Wait, Sky Dancers, Law & Order: SVU, Rescue Me, Blue Bloods, The Electric Company (2009 TV series), and Wonder Pets. She can also be heard on the original cast recordings of In The Heights, Songs for a New World, This Ordinary Thursday – The Songs of Georgia Stitt, Saturday Night, It's Only Life, Dear Edwina, Shine!, Broadway Bound, and Broadway Musicals of 1953.
Burns starred as Lenora in the 2015 film Akron, an official selection of the Out on Film Festival 2015, and played Fausta in Steven Spielberg's 2021 film West Side Story.
Personal life
She is married to director Peter Flynn. Their son, Hudson Flynn, is featured on the cover art of her solo album, A Deeper Shade of Red.
Stage credits
The Light in the Piazza (Off-Broadway Encores!) as Signora Naccarelli
New York City Center, 2023
The Notebook (musical) (Chicago) as Nurse Lori / Mother
Chicago Shakespeare Theater, 2022
The Rose Tattoo (Broadway) as Peppina & Serafina Delle Rose (Standby)
Broadway Revival, 2019
Working: A Musical (Off-Broadway)
Encores! Off-Center Revival, 2019
Smart Blonde (Off-Broadway)
New York Premiere at 59E59 Theaters, 2019
Carmelina (Off-Broadway) as Carmelina
York Theatre Company Off-Broadway Revival, 2019
Pamela’s First Musical (New York) as Mary Ethel Bernadette
Two River Theater World Premiere, 2018
On Your Feet! (Broadway) as Gloria Fajardo
Original Broadway Production, 2015
On Your Feet! (Chicago) as Gloria Fajardo
Oriental Theatre (Chicago), 2015
Smart Blonde (Pittsburgh) as Judy Holliday
City Theatre (Pittsburgh), 2014
The Nance (Broadway) as Carmen
Original Broadway Production, 2013
Next to Normal (Ithaca) as Diana
Hangar Theatre, 2012
Ever So Humble (Ithaca)
Hangar Theatre, 2012
Bye Bye Birdie (St. Louis) as Rose "Rosie" Alvarez
The Muny, 2011
In The Heights (Broadway) as Daniela
Broadway Transfer, 2008
The Ritz (Broadway) as Googie Gomez (Standby)
Broadway Revival, 2007
In the Heights (Off-Broadway) as Daniela
Original Off-Broadway Production, 2007
Cole Porter's The Pirate (Philadelphia) as Manuela
World Premiere, 2006
In This House (New York)
Reading, 2006
The Full Monty (US Tour) as Vicki Nichols
US National Tour, 2001
The Full Monty (Broadway) as Vicki Nichols [Replacement]
Original Broadway Production, 2000
Saturday Night (Off-Broadway) as Celeste
Off-Broadway Production, 2000
Parade (US Tour) as Lucille Frank
US National Tour, 1999
Sail Away (Off-Broadway) as Nancy Foyle
New York Concert, 1999
Songs for a New World (Off-Off-Broadway)
Original Off-Off-Broadway Production, 1995
Beauty and the Beast (Broadway) as Belle (Understudy) [Replacement] & Townsperson, Enchanted Object (Replacement)
Original Broadway Production, 1994
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Recording credits
West Side Story (2021 film) as Fausta
[Motion Picture Soundtrack, 2021]
In The Heights
[Studio Cast, 2008]
Performer
Shade Of Red
[Solo album, 2007]
This Ordinary Thursday
[The Songs of Georgia Stitt, 2007]
Performer
It's Only Life
[John Bucchino, 2006]
Performer
Fine and Dandy
[Studio Cast, 2004]
Performer
The Last Five Years
[Demo Recording, 2002]
Performer
100 Stories"-
[Studio Recording, 2002]
Performer
Saturday Night as Celeste
[Original Off-Broadway Cast Album, 2000]
Songs for a New World
[Original Off-Broadway Cast Album, 1995]
Performer
Awards
2016 Outer Critics Circle – Nominee – Best Featured Actress Musical
2007 Drama Desk Award – Best ensemble
2003 Joseph Jefferson Awards – Nominee, Actress in a Principal Role – Musical
2001 Touring Broadway Awards – Nominee – Best Actress Musical
References
External links
Official website
Lortel Off-Broadway Database listing
American women singers
American stage actresses
American television actresses
American musical theatre actresses
Living people
People from Miami Beach, Florida
American people of Venezuelan descent
21st-century American women
Year of birth missing (living people)